Joseph Sharp Jr. (1800 - 1870)

Born 4 Jun 1800 in Washington County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Lee — married 13 Apr 1822 in Crabapple, Belmont County, Ohio

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1870 at age 69 in Sugar Grove, Ohio

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Biography

Joseph Sharp reared his family in Belmont County, Ohio, and about the year 1839 settled on a farm just south of Sugar Grove, Ohio. He became a contractor on the Hocking Canal and built for the state what has been known as "Sharp's Dam" on the Hockhocking River. In 1842, he was elected to the State House of Representatives. He served only one term, and returned to the management of his farm.

Sources

• • Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ5P-ZTG : 29 September 2021), Joseph Sharp and Ann Lee, 1822.

• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX31-ZWY : 21 December 2020), Ann Sharp in household of Joseph Sharp, Berne Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• genealogy.com, user bsharp2791

'Old Sharp Homestead' cemetery, Sugar Grove, Ohio